VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1924
NUMBER 17
NEXT SATURDAY
Coach Borleske Pointing
Guns Toward Eugene;
Hopes to Defeat Varsity
MISSIONARY TEAM FAST
Oregon Eleven Has Hard
Tilt on Each Succeeding
Week Till Thanksgiving
In the Whitman game on next
Saturday, the Oregon football aquad
will be right in the thick of a long
and hard gridiron schedule. In
cluding the tilt with the Mission
aries, the varsity will not have the
slightest let-up in the present grid
season until the closing contest with
the Multnomah club on Thanksgiv
ing.
Although the Maize and Blue
eleven has got off to a very poor
start and has failed to furnish any
recognizable ppposition to their for
mer opponents, Coach Borleske has
a very fast* but light team that is
unable to stem the driving offense
that many of the heavier teams
such as Washington and O. A. C.
have.
wmtman Derense weak
Against the Huskies, the Whit
man squad was powerless. The Se
attle team ran up a 55-0 score in
short order. In the aerial attack,
line-plunging and end runs by
Washington, the Missionaries show
ed an outstanding weakness in their
defense. However, the Whitman
squad has showed a decided im
provement in form over that dis
played in the O. A. C. contest.
The chief criticism of the Maize
and Blue aggregation is that they
are handicapped by lack of ma
terial and although they have a
considerable number of lettermen,
they have to depend to a large ex
tent on new material to fill the
gaps left by graduating veterans*
Flay is Deceptive
The Whitman game from the
standpoint of Oregon has never
been an easy contest. Two years
ago at Pendleton, the Lemon-Yel
low squad barely nosed the Mis
sionaries out of the game, winning
by the narrow margin of a 6-3 score.
Last year, the varsity had little dif
ficulty in running up a 21-0 score
against the eastern Washington
team.
This year the Whitman team is
one of the fastest combinations in
the Northwest conference. Coach
Borleske has developed a team that
is adept in a deceptive style of
.play. An open style of football is
featured to a considerable extent
by the Missionaries, who depend
more on the aerial attack and open
field running to pierce the defense
of their heftier opponents. What
the Maize and Blue squad lacks in
-weight they make up in cleverness.
For the last three years, Coach
Borleske has pointed his guns
against the Lemon-Yellow grid
teams in the hope of someday
watching the Oregon aggregation
going down in defeat.
In Saturday’s game, Coach Mad
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Yellow Journalism
To Outdo Itself
At Friday’s Mix
Blaring revelations of campus
scandal and otherwise are soon
to be bared to the public eye.
On the eve of the Y. M.-Y. W.
mix, next Friday night will ap
pear a sheet that will set a high
water mark for yellow journal
ism. Professo'rs who fall asleep
in class, will be mercilessly ex
posed. The team and all the
campus celebrities tremble with
fearful anticipation of this glar
ing spotlight of publicity.
Hitherto unknown facts will be
boldly presented, for the sleuths
who are racing down the juicy
news are the men journalists, and
when a man starts on the trail
of gossip, women are simply out
of the running. Although the
price of the sheet is so moderate
as to render it obtainable by any
and all, it has been rumored the
cost of keeping well-known names
out of the thing will afford the
Sigma Delta Chis many a hearty
meal.
HOMECOMING PLANNED
BY PORTLAND ALUMNI
Luncheon Rally to be Held
At Multnomah Hotel
Lyle F. Brown, president of .the
Portland branch of the Alumni as
sociation, has issued 700 double
postcards to alumni, summoning
them to a luncheon, Saturday, Oc
tober 25, at the Multnomah hotel.
The card is yellow, printed in green.
On the side addressed to the
alumni is found the news of the
lunch and of Homecoming. “Who?
—You! What—U. of O. Alumni
Luncheon L When—12 M., October
25, 1924. Where—Multnomah ho
tel. Why—First: to renew acquain
tance with your friends of campus
days. Second: to lend your help
and wisdom In picking officers to
represent you for the coming year.
Third: to advise how Portland can
best participate in the 1924 Home
coming (in Eugene) November- 1,
1924. Fourth: to urge you to be in
Eugene, November 1, Homecoming
day. Fifth: to hear some songs and
fiery talks.”
A bit of humor is found at the
bottom of the page in the announce
ment, “Absolutely no funds of any
kind will be solicited at this lunch
eon.”
The second part of the card is a
reservation to be sent back to
Brown, by the alumni.
SENIOBS MUST APPLY
FOB DEGBEE AT ONCE
All students who are expecting
, to graduate in June or January
must apply for their degree at once,
according to an announcement from
the registrar’s office. This is nec
essary in order that a student who
has to make a change in program
will not find the term too far gone
for such action. Those who do not
apply for degrees, whether they
have any changes to make or not,
will receive neither degree nor di
ploma, is the warning issued.
McMullen is heaviest man
ON SQUAD; STOCKWELL FIGHTS
John C. “Fat" McMullen has
the distinction of being the heaviest
man on the varsity football squad.
* ‘ Fat ” made the trip to Palo Alto
as substitute center, but did not
^jet into thfe game.
McMullen played three years for
Columbia University. He was at
center on the frosh squad in 1922
and since then he has been out for
the varsity with dogged persistence,
—spring football included. He will
get his chance next year, and if
anything happens to the regular
center in the remaining six games,
be is going to go in before that. He
is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs
200 pounds, making a real bulwark
in the line.
He is a typical fat man, easy
going and rather hard to get roiled
up. But in a game with the proper
stimulus his great bulk would make
him formidable. He is persistent
and hard working.
Charles Stockwell, substitute
guard, is playing his first year on
the varsity this season. “Chuck”
Stockwell played football for Aber
deen high school for two years and
was out for the varsity last year.
He is of rangy build, 6 feet 1 inch
tall and weighs 183 pounds.
Stockwell played guard in one of
the pre-season games and showed up
very well. He will get hTs chance
later on in the season, for Oregon’s
reserves will be drawn upon if any
of the regulars are injured. He is
there with lots of fight.
There is kfeen competition for the
guard berths on the squad, so that
the veterans have the roost this
year. Stockwell fvill be on the
bench, but he will probably get into
several of the games. He can be
counted on at any time.
CHANGES MADE
IN HOMECOMING
Annual Parade Will Begin
At Eugene Armory at 6:15
Before Burning of Pyre
LINE OF MARCH GIVEN
;
Signal on Skinner’s Butte
To Start Noise Making
Affair on Way to Campus
The Homecoming noise parade;
annual feature of the gigantic foot
ball rally held on the Friday pro
ceeding the game, will be slightly
changed this year from last year’s
in the matter of routing. The Home
coming directorate plans to have
the parade before the bonfire, as
was the old custom, instead of after,
as was done last year.
The band will lead the students
down to the armory, where the
parade will start, at 6:15. At the
armory there will be trucks pro
vided for transportation of the wo
men when the parade leaves there
for the bonfire.
McClellan Leads Parade
All noise making machines are
requested to be at the station which
will be assigned to them, not later
than 6:30. Oregon Knights and
members of To-Ko-Lo will give as
sistance in clearing and keeping the
line of march free from all vehicles
other than those in the parade.
The noise parade committee,
headed by Cylbert McClellan, plans
to have the band head the parade,
followed by trucks and noise ma
chines, alternating. The first few
trucks will carry members of the
team. The line of march will be
from the armory down Seventh ave
nue to Willamette, down Willam
ette to Eleventh avenue, out
Eleventh to Alder, down Alder to
Thirteenth avenue and thence to
the bonfire.
Fireworks Make Signal
The signal for the start of the
parade will be given by setting off
fireworks on top of Skinner’s
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fl.OJ.G. SENIORS GET
GOVERNMENT CHECKS
| Government checks to the amount
! of $416.00 have arrived at the R. O.
T. C. headquarters, and will be paid
to seniors of the advanced corps
of last year.
Although these men are not all
military majors, they have taken an
interest in the military department,
and it is the policy of the govern
ment to pay student officers for
their services.
These checks cover the period
from June 13 to September 22, .the
amount which was paid the men
while at summer camp being de
ducted, thereby making the amount
received by each man approximately
$19.80.
The men who are to be paid are
requested to see Captain Culin at
R. O. T. C. headquarters. They are:
T. E. Amstutz, W. M. Backstrom,
R. W. Burton, E. N. Calef, L. H.
Carlson, D. E. Cook, H. F. Crites,
T. Gillenwaters, B. C. Homewood,
E. C. Hughes, C. E. Jost, H. E. Kid
well, W. N. Larabee, H. Metcalf,
R. F. Murphy, C. H. Newell, W.
Seton Jr., C. H. Skoog, E. W. Smith,
and L. A. Withrow.
DRAMATICS TO GIVE
“ONE AUGUST NIGHT”
The next production of the dram
atic company will be “One August
Night,” a three-act eomedy by
Sierra. The dates announced for
this play are November 6, 7, and 8.
The play is reported to be of
high quality and presenting new
and unusual situations. Its tale
of love concludes in a happy end
ing.
Those members of the company,
prominent in the cast are: Helga
Mc-Grew, Beth Fariss, Helen Park,
Paul Krausse, Boyd Homewood, and
Terva Hubbard.
Missing Bull Dog
Has Private Taxi
For Journey Home
Noble, the Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon fraternity bulldog “high
browed” the brothers last Sun
day evening. He had been miss
ing from the fraternity fireplace
for most of the day and not a
few of the members were becom
ing anxious concerning his where
abouts.
As evening approached and
anxiety became more pronounced,
a taxi drove up to the curb, the
uniformed driver sprang out to
i open the door and then stood
at attention beside it. The occu
pant of the rear seat who was
curled contentedly on the seat
cushion, raised his head to see
that he was at the right place
and then lazily jumped down and
made for the front door, growling
as he passed the driver as if to
say, “Thank you, that will be
all.”
And at the door there was
great rejoicing among the mem
bers. One of the group detached
himself and approached the taxi
driver to pay the fare.
“Some young boys found the
dog down by the railroad station
wandering around as though look
ing for someone,” explained the
driver. “They brought him to
the taxi company, where the fra
ternity initials were found on his
collar. We put him in a cab and
brought him out.”
Noble has resumed his “fire
side” life.
ORDER OF‘0’MAY RUN
GRID-GRAPH MACHINE
Present Admission Charge
Will be Reduced
Plans to take over the grid-graph
machine now owned by the Associ
ated students are being made by
the Order of the “O, ” according
to Vic Risley, president of the or
der. The matter must be passed
on at the next meeting of the fin
ance committee of the executive
council before it is final, but it is
practically certain that it will be
handed over to the Order of the
O, Risley said. Ted Gillenwaters,
vice-president of the organization,
will manage the machine, as he has
been in charge of it so far this fall.
“There will be a reduction in the
price of admission from the present
charge of fifty cents, when he Or
der of the “O” takes over the ma
chine,” said Risley, “Although it
will be impossible to eliminate the
charge entirely, due to the fact that
half of the cost of the grid-graph,
which is $1200, must be paid off
this year.”
The entire football squad and the
coaching staff will be present at a
meeting of the Order of the “O” to
night, and Dean Dyment will give
an address. All the members are
urged by Risley to be present at
the meeting.
DR. HODGE WILL SPEAK
AT TECHNICAL MEETING
At. the meeting of the Technical
society this evening Dr. E. T.
Hodge, of the geology department,
will deliver a talk on the subject of
“The World’s Next Great Engi
neering Problem.” It is understood
that a part of his discussion of the
problem will deal with the control
and development of water power.
The lecture will be delivered at
7:30 in room 105 Deady Hall. All
pre-engineers are especially invited
to attend and anyone else inter
ested will find himself welcome.
P. S. LAURENCE IS UNABLE
TO TALK HERE THURSDAY
Word was received by long dist
ance telephone from F. S. Laurence,
secretary of the National Terra Cot
ta society of Now York City, that
he is detained in San Francisco and
will be unable to lecture at the
University Thursday evening as
previously announced. He was to
have addressed the students and all
others interested on the subject
“ Manufacturing and Uses of Archi
tectural Terra' Cotta.” He is on a
tour of the United States deliver
ing lectures illustrated by motion
pictures before students and local
groups of architects.
OREGON TO HEAR
NOTED SPEAKERS
Free Intellectual Activities
Group Plans Series of
Talks by Eminent Men
EXPLORER MAY BE FIRST
Purpose is to Stimulate
Campus Thought Outside
Regular Classroom Work
At its first meeting of the year,
the Free .Intellectual Activities
committee discussed the matter of
bringing to the University campus
eminent scholars ahd speakers. The
purpose of the committee, according
to Dr. Warren D. Smith, of the geol
ogy department, its chairman, is to
sponsor intellectual activities out
side of the classroom and the cur
riculum.
The committee is chiefly inter
ested in such clubs as Crossroads,
Agora, Dial, and the Cosmopolitan
club. It is its purpose to encour
age the formation of more such dis
cussion groups on the campus.
“This, however,” says Dr. Smith,
“depends entirely on the initiative
of the students themselves.”
A number of well known men
were considered at the meeting, as
possible campus visitors. Among
these were Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
well known Arctic explorer, who
has just crossed the Australian
desert by automobile, and David
Starr Jordan, Chancellor Emeritus
at Stanford university, zoologist
and greatest living authority on
fish. The speakers obtained will
depend, of course, on the men in
the country at the time, on their
itinerary, and on the committee fin
ances. The committee is handi
capped by lack of funds.
Dr. Smith suggested two possible
ways of financing the project,—
first by means of another small tax
on all students, or, second, by
means of paid admission at each
occasion. He also suggested the
adoption of some annual affair,
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DOUGH-NUT DEBATERS
WIU MEET IN VILLARD
Plans for the men’s dough-nut de
bate will be formulated this after
noon at a meeting of the represen
tatives of the men’s fraternities.
This is the first conference on this
matter held this year and each
house should make sure to have a
representative present. The meet
ing will be held at 4:15 in Villard
hall.
The questions which will be
brought up and discussed are the
topic for the debates, the time of
the contests, and the method of
judging which will be used.
Last year’s dough-nut debate was
won tyy the Friendly hall team,
against Beta Theta Pi and Psi Kap
pa, the closest contests in the men’s
leaguA The subject of the debate
was: “Resolved that the state of
Oregon should adopt a severance
tax on timber.” A larger number
of men’s houses was represented in
the contest than that of previous
years. The same large number is
expected to turn out this year.
The Tau Kappa Alpha loving cup
is awarded to the winning team
each year.
MARGARET SKAVLAN
HAS POEMS PUBLISHED
Margaret Skavlan, senior in the
sehool of journalism, recently
placed three lyrics, “Lilith” with
“Palms” published in Mexico, and
“Black Magic” and “Coin Song”
with Voices, a leading magazine
edited by Harold Vinal, a well
known poet.
During the past six months her
poems have appeared in several
other leading magazines. Last year
Miss Skavlan won second prize
with a short poem, “Flotsam,” in
the Fugitive contest, and second
place in the Booth song contest.
Salutation Given
Through Window
Of Arts Building
Friendly , greetings I are all
right in their way and most
people like to receive them. One
j Oregon student, however, has
\ conceived a new method of salu
I tation which is both startling to
j the person met and expensive for
j the giver.
A friend entered the court of
the art building yesterday after
noon and in an attempt to hail
him this original one knocked out
one of the large windows on the
second floor of the building. The
friend .iumped upon hearing the
resultant crash and looking up
saw the head of a startled young
man poking out of the empty
frame.
“Hello,” called the owner of
the head, “tried to open a win
dow to call you and the whole
thing fell out. Only one pane
is broken, though. Funny, isn’t
it?”
The head then disappeared.
DR. HOOVER DESCRIBES
FRENCH STUDENT LIFE
Universities Compared by
Assembly Speaker
French universities and Ameri
can ones are quite as dissimilar as
French and American students, ac
cording to Dr. Glenn Hoover, in
structor in economics and political
science, ,who is to be the speaker
at tomorrow’s assembly.
“American universities,” said Dr.
Hoover, “are still run on tho theory
that the students are pretty young
and have to be looked after. I’m
inclined to think that that is right.
“In France,” continued Dr. Hoov
er, “it is taken for granted that
students are old enough to take
care of their own affairs. I don’t
think that there is a roll book in
all of France. On the whole, the
French university student is about
two years ahead of the American.
He is probably only on an average
of a year older, but he goes at a
faster pace in the secondary schools.
“Can you imagine the University
of Oregon,” questioned Dr. Hoover,
“without the A. S. U. O., without
the Emerald staff and the daily,
without intercollegiate athletics,
without a dean of men or women,
and without any interest taken in
the way in which the student lives
or spends his time outside of the
classroom? If you can, you have
an idea of the French universities.”
Dr. Hoover’s talk tomorrow is to
be on “European Student Life.”
The assembly will be held in the
Woman’s building at 11:00 o’clock.
Freshmen women are requested to
use the south entrance to the Jjuild
ing, in order to avoid congestion.
MAJORS IN NORMAL ARTS
TO GATHER AT TEA TODAY
Normal arts majors will gather
at the art museum today and have
a get-acquainted party. All the new
members of the department are
asked to be present at this tea
which is set for 3:15 o’clock. Of
ficers of the club will be elected.
THREE STUDENTS
OUT FOR OFFICE
Special Election Held to Fill
Vice-President Vacancy
Feft by Russell Gowans
FOUR POLLS TO BE USED
Ruth Akers to Have Direct
Control of Board; Votes
Will be Cast in Viilard Hall
O-—-. .
CANDIDATES FOB VICE
PBESIDENCY
Harold Lundberg
Erroll Murphy
Victor Risley
Three candidates are to be voted
upon today for the office of vice
president at a special student body
election in Villard hall from 9 until
3 o’clock. The candidates for this
position are, Harold Lundberg, Vic
tor Risley and Erroll Murphy.
The office lof vice-president is
one of the most important and re
sponsible positions in the whole
student body organization. There
is a vast amount of work connected
with it and much of the success of
the organization is dependent upon
a responsible man in this position.
He is a member of the executive
council, the student council and the
finance committee and sits on vari
ous special committees of the stu
dent council, and represents the
president whenever ho is not able
to bo present.
There are to be four polls to sim
plify the election, under the con
trol of the student council, with
Ruth Akers, secretary of the stu
dent body, in direct charge. The
members of the eloction board,
which were announced yesterday,
have been notified of the time they
are expected to serve, and as there
are plenty of them, everyone can
vote without a waste of time.
The position was left vacant by
the failure of Russell Oowane,
elected last spring, to return to
school. He is employed in a Port
land bank and it is reported that
he will be back to resume hi*
studies in the winter term.
FORMER SUSAN CAMPBELL
HEAD RESIDENT IS IN EAST
Miss Helen Broeksmit, who waa
head resident of Susan Campbell
hall last yoar, after spending the
summer at her old home in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and in the Adiron
dack mountains, has gone to Groton,
Massachusetts, where she is study
ing landscape architecture. As Min
Broeksmit has not entirely recov
ered from the effects of her ill
ness of last spring, she is taking
only part time wDrk at present
but hopes to be able to take up the
full course next year.
PLEDGING ANNOUNCED
Alpha Tau Omega announces the
pledging of Sam Greenwood, of Lot
Angeles, California.
ELLIOT DEXTER, ACTOR GIVES
ADVICE TO ASPIRING THESPIANS
A tall, dark well-built, and well
proportioned man; a handsome fig
ure with remarkable ease of man
ner and poise; this is Elliott Dex
ter, actor and moving picture star,
who was entertained at dinner last
night at Hendricks hall, before his
performance in “The Havoc” at the
Heilig theatre. When asked wheth
er he prefered tho stage or the
screen, Elliot Dexter like the true
artist that he is, answered that
when he is on. tlie stage, he pre
fers legitimate acting, and when
working in the moving pictures, he
prefers the screen. “The moving
pictures portray just us much emo
tion and characterization as the
stage does,” he said, “but more
acting is necessary on the stage, be
cause it is the silent drama, and
has not the advantage of the hu
man voice.” Mr. Dexter’s years of
practice on the stage before taking
up screen work, make hirn well fit
ted for either.
“I admire anyone who takes tip
acting as a profession and sticks
to it," he stated, when questioned
on the subject, “but I would dis
courage anyone in considering it
as a life work, who did not care
enough about it to put it above
everything else. Of course, a cer
tain amount of talent is necessary,
and a great deal of study. A per
son intending to be an actor should
read plays, and create an actor’s
environment around himself as
much as possible, so that he may
get into the spirit of his work.”
Mr. Dexter came to the campus
expecting to be the dinner guest at
a men’s organization, and although
it was not until he arrived at
Hendricks at the dinner hour, that
he knew where he was being enter
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